By the time New York State’s high school track and field season came to a close in June, Spencerport’s Madeline Kopp said she felt “pretty dead.”

“We all ran slower than we could have,” Kopp said not long after a 200-meter dash heat

Madeline Kopp, shown here at the 2012 high school state meet, is one of the most accomplished members of the Rochester Running Rebels Track Club that will compete in the USA Track Junior Olympics National Championships July 23-29.

at the state meet. “I felt like I was running a good time.

“In the 200, I was dead from the 400.”

Kopp, headed into her senior year, has found some type of kick again during the summer.

The three-time All-Greater Rochester first-team member is one of 20 athletes with the Rochester Running Rebels Club on their way to the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Championships, July 23-29 in Baltimore.

Kopp could earn All-America honors for the second consecutive year. A runner-up in the USATF Junior Olympics intermediate girls division 200 in 2011, Kopp runs in the young womens’ 400 and 200 next week.

Two weeks ago at the USATF Junior Olympic regional meet in Delaware, Kopp won the young womens’ 400 final (56.60 seconds) and was runner-up in the 200 (25.58). Kopp ran faster during that meet’s 200 (25.31) and 400 (56.06) preliminary rounds.

Amir Rogers, a senior at Northeast/Northwest College Prep, also is in position for All-America distinction in back to back USATF Junior Olympic meets. Rogers finished fourth in the intermediate boys’ 400 hurdles last summer.

This time, Rogers is in the young mens’ 400 hurdles after a fourth-place (55.55) finish at regionals. He also placed third in the 110 high hurdles (15.24) in Delaware (15.24).

Section V Baseball Hall of Fame: The second class of the Section V Baseball Hall of Fame will be inducted Sunday, June 24 before the scheduled baseball game at Frontier Field.

This year’s class:

Leonard Caruso (Hornell) – Coach – Demanded excellence of his teams at Hornell for 28 seasons and usually received it. Hornell won 346 games under his guidance from 1971-98, including 4 Section V championships. Said to have “great discipline and respect for the game, which he taught his entire career.’’

Thomas Falk (Aquinas) – Player – Aquinas first baseman talented enough to play for the Brockport Barons semi-professional team while a high school senior. Signed by the Detroit Tigers organization in 1948. Set a team record when he played 58 consecutive games without an error. Enlisted in the United States Army in 1955 and earned his college degree at the University of Detroit two years later.

Jim Greengrass (Addison)– Player – Outfielder who also lettered in football, basketball, plus track and field in Steuben County action. Signed

Rochester native Heinie Groh holding his famed bottle bat.

by the New York Yankees organization at the age of 16. Served two years in the military before he returned to baseball and reached the major leagues in 1952 with the Cincinnati Reds. Also played for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Heinie Groh (City of Rochester) - Player – Grew up in the Rochester neighborhood known as Dutchtown and then went on to play 16 seasons of

Major League Baseball. Infielder developed the bottle bat after he made his debut in the big leagues in 1912 with John McGraw’s New York Giants. Hit over .300 four times and led the National League in fielding percentage in five seasons.

Gary Junge (Rush-Henrietta) - Player – Elite pitcher at Rush-Henrietta in 1965-66. All-Section V selection in 1966 and two-time Monroe County league all-star. Went on to play four years at Clarkson University, before signed as a free agent to play in the Chicago Cubs organization. Coached American Legion teams 1993-2004. Board member of the Rush-Henrietta Athletic Association for decades.

Terry Murphy (Cardinal Mooney) – Player – Most Valuable Player of a 23-0 team his senior year. Second baseman hit. .587, 2 home runs, 4 triples and committed no errors. Two-time All-Catholic selection in baseball and basketball. Signed to play in the Saint Louis Cardinals organization. Also played in the minors for the Los Angeles Dodgers, before he officiated college basketball at all levels for 25 years.

Wally and Hans Blatter (Castle Hi-Tech Chemicals) – Contributors – Father and son from Henrietta have maintained a line of sponsorship of Section V baseball events that go back to the mid-1980s.

Jeff DiVeronica has covered Section V for the Democrat and Chronicle since 1994. A native of Canastota, N.Y., where he played soccer, basketball and baseball, “Devo” began his career at the Chillicothe (Ohio) Gazette before returning to Rochester in 1993. The St. John Fisher College graduate also covers the Rochester Rhinos soccer team and Syracuse University basketball. He founded the Canandaigua National Bank High School Sports Show, which airs Saturdays at noon on WHTK-AM (1280), in 2003. E-mail Jeff at jdiveron@DemocratandChronicle.com.Follow:@RocDevo

James Johnson has covered Section V for the Democrat and Chronicle since 1996. The St. John Fisher College and Edison graduate also has provided features and game stories tied to NASCAR, professional golf, baseball, hockey, boxing and tennis. His career began in 1995 at the Press-Sun Bulletin in Binghamton, where he helped cover Section IV high school sports. E-mail James at jamesj@DemocratandChronicle.com.Follow:@jjDandC